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Echo or School Related sanctions. Peaceful negotiations can succeed and they will succeed in bringing relief to the yemeni people. Yemens warring factions agree to what the u. N. Is calling the biggest Prisoner Exchange deal since the conflict began. Also ahead the french president emanuel my home gets out of lebanon as leaders after they fail to form a non partisan government im sort of tiresome happen late to sports news Valtteri Bottas wins the russian one play after the fading teammate and reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton was hit with a 10 2nd penalty. Your top story in 18 hours g. M. T. Theres been a major escalation in the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed. Region of nagornokarabakh now the violence began early on sunday morning both sides have declared martial law and they are blaming each other russia france and iran are all calling for calm turkey is backing azerbaijan and is called on the International Community to stand by it if charlotte dallas. Armenias Defense Ministry tweeted these videos on sunday morning it says the show is eerie tanks that have just been destroyed in the disputed region of new cool new karabakh within a few hours the armenian seed 15 drones tain tanks and 4 helicopters had been destroyed early in the morning. Launched a large scale aggression including. A long line of contre that contact we thought. They are targeting civilian population and civilian infrastructure government leaders and condemned what they called propaganda and said a counter offensive operation had been launched after forces were attacked Nagorno Karabakh is an internationally recognized part of azerbaijan but is controlled by Armenian Forces the region has declared itself independent and relies on i mean if a support in an emergency parliamentary session the president who knew going to karabakh declared martial law as well as military mobilization from innovating. Most of all the people of nagornokarabakh want peace weve already see that the responsibility for any resumption of the war will rest with the government of azerbaijan today tomorrow and in the future Russias Foreign Ministry said the situation has sharply deteriorated and they had reports of untinged shelling from both sides the kremlin along with the e. U. And france a calling for an immediate ceasefire frequency of escalation even if they are controlled are suggesting we are really entering a very dangerous. Down where it can definitely get out of control especially when new players regional players are being dropped in todays. Disputed sound of the 1901 collapse of the soviet union when a meaning super to seize the territory there he thousands died in fighting. In 1965 was agreed but talks to resolve the dispute stew. Nearly 2 decades later tensions rose again in july with the worst fighting since 26 being the last year or so the armenian leader nicol russian nun has been saying you no longer want to negotiate according to the people like me who had been trying to bring together between azerbaijan and armenia yet you said theyre going to is always going to be part of armenia that has really ticked off very severe negative emotions and of the by john. Has repeatedly valid to recapture nickel and karabakh by force and i mean ian has vowed to defend the territory well it is disputed which side moved on sunday morning its clear both remain determined to claim to go in a karabakh as their own shallop ballasts aljazeera well this channel has spoken with officials from both armenia and azerbaijan. Is an assistant to the president of us a bunch on the head of Foreign Policy department of the president ial administration he says aim is to recapture the areas by by a meanie. So your scripts are improves army news material and aggression and our civilians are becoming targets or mean our own forces and we are going to want to move in these other but units i think it is my job and therefore others in our forces to in wisconsin action some contra attacks to repel armenians provocations and 1st acts of aggression and peace of which i am an import armenian to peace because of this one negotiation process is also failing because of the deliberate and destructive attitudes of armenia couple who dont have an israel negotiation but and i mean by origins and therefore here 1st isnt interested to consider the author but in the civilians who are living in close proximity to one conflict with an intent to ensure the variation of the bridge on a continent armenians a question at last most also to yours so the Un Security Council resolutions demand immediate unconditional israel army and troops i did it is a part of my job so quite simple implemented by armenia and they continue to talk of the chances and who is in and if huge is an idea peace they have a right to return back to the assortments because of armenians operation to kind of turn back the i mean Foreign Ministers or a not succumb young told us channel that his country will do whatever it takes to defend the region. You know go on about well be defending every single ringback inch of their land and of their security and i mean you will be the guarantor this thread so full have been there usually in the parlance of the other German Government and the end of regime but all the latest was in the United Nations General Assembly and all of this into a practical implementation once again once again there will be a recount a warning has been approved of the convention so are there going to do well before the next in this position on the grounds a minor thing thats been consistent and to think that they are going theyre going to call it a secure job and they should they have once again. That we have to care about the security of our composure the people are going to care about what ive been learning on the planet for their region their security against aggression and their russian preplan not just part of the merger of the map but with the massive or jerky we had its military presence and we just been showing a. Unit that was aggressive you know that. Aggressive approach and. This is very very this massive escalation of supporters for which was a very gentle hope for which there was a slow response that. Well al jazeera is correspondent robin tristrem walk is monitoring developments from tbilisi in neighboring georgia. Were still hearing about ongoing. Fighting the figures of course fluid as well we know of at least 10 Armenian Military personnel dead. As a by john also admitting casualties and also civilian dead on both sides so its looking like in just a single day of fighting so far at least as many People Killed as we had seen over several days when there was an outbreak of conflict in july but this is fighting of a different category this is taking place across the whole along the whole line of control and this is the area on the edge of karabakh territory with with azerbaijan controlled on the one side by Armenian Forces who mostly control. The higher positions and as ery forces positions along that line of control and also the armenians are saying that artillery fired by these areas has struck positions not just on that line of control but also within the karabakh region including stickpin of kurt the capital which makes this very a whole different category of seriousness in terms of this fighting busy news day lets update you on another developing still developing story coming to us out of mali just 2 days after being sworn in the money and president named an interim Prime Minister he is the former foreign minister mocked our 1. 00 and he will take over in this role it is hoped his appointment will end the ecowas sanctions placed on mali by ecowas the west african grouping of countries following the military coup last month our correspondent nicholas harch is following developments for us so nick what does this do potentially in a positive direction i guess to the center of gravity of mali in politics right now. Well whats interesting about the nomination of this man as you mentioned during your intro is that he has a political power so it is a break with the recent past and the government of kate where we saw so many people take to the streets and angry and upset with him but at the same time it is someone that is with continuation from the past someone who has the foreign minister under money to reign 2004 and subsequently to that representative of mali at the United Nations and also at the the west west african body whats important with this nomination is that weve seen that the president is a former officer of the military the Vice President was the leader of the military themselves so hes the 1st civilian in a position of leadership so hes key to ensuring that this government this government transition is successful to the eyes of the International Community and most notably to the west african heads of state who have imposed these sanctions now since august 18th and thats really crippling the economy of this landlocked country peter so many of the voters were clearly feeling disenfranchised for so very long under the old regime will this one appointment make them feel better about being part of the process. Well his job is to ensure that the 1000000 people are part of this process and in the nomination of this man there what was interesting we saw these negotiations happening we saw Goodluck Jonathan the chief negotiator of the echo off the west african body coming again in mali to try to find someone that could be a compromising figure the m 5 the Opposition Movement to was also in negotiation so his job is really to be the man that can really tailor to all those different grievances that weve seen during these protests throughout the summer you know its in concrete terms peter it means opening up schools again paying teachers ensuring that there is enough money in state coffers that the hospitals can function again theres electricity and water in the areas where the state has so often been since now the security element is still in the hands of the president and the Vice President and thats in their head but really the day to day of getting this state back on track well thats in the in the name in the hands of this new Prime Minister who will be nominating a new government on tuesday peter nic thank you very much nicholas reporting live for us out of doco. Lots more still to come for you here on the news hour including everything they can to force us to say ok just give me the good the injection. Viral misinformation as conspiracy theories continue to spread about coronavirus and the pandemic we ask wheres it coming from and is there any risk at all. With the republicans nominee now announced well look at how any county barack could change the u. S. Supreme court. You really have to doesnt even financially the clubs if you have the money. And sarah will have the support fears for the future kenyan Football Players hope the government will lift a ban on Contact Sports despite coronavirus. The Yemeni Government and to the rebels to finalize the deal to exchange more than 1000. 00 prisoners the u. N. Special envoy to yemen says the swap will happen immediately the agreement has been hailed as an important milestone with compromise on both sides. This is the u. N. 1st major achievement in yemen in years the healthiest of the government have agreed to Exchange Prisoners the deal was initially struck into thousands 18 in switzerland but never implemented the 1081 individuals would indeed will represent the largest release. Operation during the history of the conflict in yemen peaceful negotiations can succeed and they will succeed in bringing relief to the yemeni people and Building Confidence for the peace process. Implemented this new deal would pave the way to a broader prisoner swap. 6 years since the healthiest took over the capital fighting continue claiming the lives of thousands of people the fate of thousands of prisoners is yet to be decided the u. N. Hopes the warring factions will resume talks soon to free all prisoners at the end of the day only parties to the conflict can bring long lasting positive change that yemeni people so neat. I believe over the last days we have been reminded here again that small steps that can have big impact are possible and much needed in yemen today. In the past tribal leaders and clerics brokered major Prisoner Exchanges but never managed to get all the parties to and the conflict. The saudi backed government insist a political deal will only happen once the houthi is pull out from the areas they controlled into 1014. 00 and had over their weapons it condition dismissed by the iran backed rebels who describe themselves as legitimate representatives of the yemeni people. In 2018 un envoy announced what he described as a landmark deal in yemen the Stockholm Agreement consisted of a prisoner swap the creation of a Demilitarized Zone in cities on the red sea and to the fighting in tires and a commitment from all the parties to start political talks to end the conflict but within days the deal collapsed and fighting could resume. But many things have changed since the store call my dream and the ho these have considered dative their military gains in the north u. A. E. Back to session this control most of the south. President had he has lost significant influence here runs the few areas still under his control from exile in saudi arabia. The un has described the humanitarian crisis in yemen as the worst in the world most of its people including 12000000 children need humanitarian assistance. Many hope this agreement may be a step towards an and to a war that is raising the threat of yemens disintegration. Aljazeera. The french president Emmanuel Mccall has condemned lebanese leaders over the failure to form a new government the Prime Minister designate must have a deep quit on saturday less than a month after he was given the job. You are today and the others are sitting unusual was has happened over the last few hours and days was clarification on that lebanese Political Forces and their leaders clearly did not wish to respect the commitments made before france and the International Community they decided and im forced to make a cruel assessment a month later they decided to betray that commitment in the live in these Political Forces favored their partisan choices to the determines of the country well our correspondent Sasha Buckler was following that for us out of paris. Well there are very strong words from the french president emanuel macron who accused lebanons political leaders of betrayal he said they had betrayed their people by failing to form a government to push through urgently needed reforms in the country he said he singled out i should say hezbollah but he was certainly seriously critical of all the Political Classes he said that they had failed also not to use time in the right way he said they wasted time theyd wasted a month in which lebanon could be accessing International Aid now that International Aid had been raised in august in a Video Conference nearly 300000000. 00 but the condition of receiving that aid was that lebanon lebanon would form a government but that had not happened it was very clear it is very clear that my core seems personally very upset he said in the beginning of the month of september saturn round the table with various political leaders lebannon who seem to assure him that they would come together and try and form a government and push through reforms but they had failed to do that he said that they had only in the time that has passed looked after their own interests. The perspective from beirut. Lebanese politicians are aware that they are under pressure but lebanese politicians are really abetting on regional changes and it seems mccraw understands that he said that the lebanese Political Class is holding it on and the lebanese people hostage with oven on is hostage to regional and International Power struggles in particular the u. S. And iranian rivalry when mccrone says this is the last chance and then he gives 6 weeks what happens in 6 weeks time the us elections and hezbollah and the shell parties who are allied with iran have been blamed for stalling the formation of the government in order to see whether or not the balance of power in the region can change if there is a new president in the white house will there be an agreement with iran and that way will the pressure will the pressure be less on hezbollah in lebanon because for hezbollah this is really an existential struggle because you know it sees the sanctions the u. S. Sanctions on the group as well as the International Community and i think martin across harsh language when he said hezbollah you cannot be a Political Party and be a militia killing civilians in syria was definitely a 1st because we have to remember yes the United States considers the military and political wing of hezbollah as terrorist organizations but europe does not consider the political wing of hezbollah a terrorist organization in fact thats the main point of difference between the u. S. And france when dealing with lebanon and so is this a cross saying that we could include your political wing on the terrorism list so a lot of warnings indirect threats but really no action taken. The Police Arrested dozens of protesters calling for the president to resign tens of thousands of people have been rallying in the capital minsk there marking 50 days since Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner of last months disputed president ial election. And the world is about to hit 1000000 deaths from coronavirus covert 19 but a growing number of people believe it is a hoax they have been processed in the u. K. And the u. S. And several other countries too recently with many of those attending claiming there is no pandemic early on Health Officials had to speak out against the socalled miracle cures more than 800. 00 people died in the 1st 3 months of the year after consuming drinking methanol cleaning products or other highly Toxic Solutions thousands more were hospitalized according to one recent study facemasks thats become a focal point for division of course wearing them has become politicized in some part of the world especially in the us and in europe where socalled n. T. Maskers are a small but vocal minority some believe conspiracy theories that masks themselves will make you sick these things are easy to fact check but theyre also the super conspiracy theories like q and on perhaps heading to the stage of becoming mainstream and its been clear at recent protests that its believers are also attending rallies against the pandemic. Ok lets discuss this further lets bring in k. This one. Is a professor of Health Communication at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health is an author and broadcaster who focuses on mis information fish come to you 1st why is it people refuse to let the science get on top why is it they refuse to accept what the scientists say. I think there are a number of reasons the unlike can previous and that makes the information of the december National Mainstream what used to be published are posted in our secure cutlass of Internet Time and not has been because of social media because while out of the geisha has many other groups particularly what is unusual and this kid sees this confluence of interests by a group there are by his but i dont intentionally not adventitious it by groups out against government conspiracy theorists in the us the 2nd i meant more to release vaccine groups that are coming together in a fight the voices we just made it does actually mainstream december mission so there is much more in our descent from a shutdown correct information out there particularly be passed around by friends son social media as a result of what it does become extremely difficult for people shifts in the from the schatz of the speak particularly of the sciences changing our must to be equal nina coming to you is this Fertile Ground for the people who are politicizing these hoax messages because you live in a time in america where 38 percent of americans on facebook choose to believe something is right even when they are shown it is wrong. Absolutely i think the bigger problem which refacing and which coronavirus has been an amazing although very scary case its a study on is the corrosion of our information ecosystem in its entirety and i argue in my book thats just come out that this is because the ecosystem has changed so quickly that we built this kind of space where there is no safety and theres no measures to protect anyone from always the abundance of information thats out there including Bad Information and that includes like you just pointed out bad actors who are politicizing this pandemic this is happening on so many Different Levels one there are all kinds of information and water and creations going one big 3 nation states so for example the nation state which is very good at spreading this information is russia so russians spreading all kinds of political messages around the origins of crow that virus china has increasingly been doing that too given the geopolitical importance of china in the midst of this pandemic and of course within western countries were increasingly seeing how arent to mastic politicians not to mention the president of the United States have been using misinformation and disinformation to shore up their Political Base so really coronavirus is a as i said at the top the perfect case study of just how corrupt our information ecosystem has become to the extent where the age of information has really become the age of disintegration i guess this boils down to stupid is going to stupid if people want to be stupid if they want to be ill informed and you cant get to them and they deny what is put in front of them theyre a lost cause but they cant be a lost cause because the politicians have a duty of care but the politicians some of the politicians in america they now talk about. Coronavirus in the past tense theyre saying weve done a great job its all going to be great and yet the f. D. A. Is saying what 3 days ago the death toll in america could go up to 300000 before the president ial inauguration because of covert 19 so how do you get that message in the context of reality not facebook but Something Different how do you get that message to them. Right i think this shows so. You know the public and Communication System as a whole its just not the sort of media and a Percent Commission absolutely as an observer has been a primary problem for the transaction channel sun which they rely but i like the information yet c. D. C. And the theyre members of congress are down in our are certainly a nationalist your thoughts etc i mean so that i mean they did do this and i think and this is this is a very serious issue given given the given what we have seen but only because bill is what institutions the step forward in our c. B. C. Sound years and 8 years of that were and continued to talk about the product generically that as you know theres a tremendous amount of support from the state governors and theyre picking goal are actually going to butts but certainly i think of a fair amount on mt well as. The leadership has actually tried to book a. Lot so the only ways again as i said is just so become far were done with the help of the government and the governors and stick to find a problem otherwise this will continue. Why do people need to believe in conspiracy theories why do they need to fulfill or tick that box if you will when it comes to somebody is there somebody is coming at us why do they feel the need to to be threatened by something that doesnt happen or doesnt exist but is their interpretation of something thats not existant in the beginning. Well youre certainly right to point out that there are certain psychological drivers that lead people to reach for conspiracy and missing disinformation for one when something as big as this happens where the whole globe has come so whole theres lockdowns across the world and millions and millions of people are not only not able to work but have been confined to their house for weeks and months at a time there is a human impetus to want to believe that there is something bigger than you know just a virus behind it so this kind of leads a lot of the conspiracy around for example that you know the 5 g. Networks are to blame or that the q. And on kind of ideas that this is all a hoax theres nothing behind it this is all kind of some big hoax by some global elite theres these kind of psychological drivers but the 2nd thing which is what i was talking about earlier is that the information ecosystem has changed to the extent where Bad Information and misinformation and conspiracy which are inherently human so theyre not new phenomena theyre allowed to print liberate to a degree in extent which has been unseen before so not only are we psychologically wired to want to believe conspiracy we also exist in this information ecosystem right now where its more potent than ever and those 2 factors have really come together to create the perfect storm to the extent where if there is a vaccine for this. Dangerous virus huge numbers of people the fuse to be vaccinated so that really shows you how potent the Bad Information has been around campus i want to carry on talking to you but if we do well cross the headlines for the apologize but listen thank you so much for coming on a really interesting discussion conversation and more than a little bit scary as well good to talk to both. Plenty. Still to come here on the aljazeera news hour we hear from journalists in hong kong who are losing their right to reporters china calms down on press freedom. And sudans you government looks for ways out of an economic crisis made worse by the coronavirus pandemic and the devastating flooding. And jersey is fuming well tell you why in sports with starting in about 020 minutes from now. We have got signs of some heat returning to the eastern side of the mediterranean but by and large when it was hot as it was a week or 2 back fine and dry lots of hazy sunshine across much of the middle east as per usual some showers up towards the caucasus as a by john armenia georgia could see wanted to showers there between the black sea and the caspian sea but otherwise you can see its lotty dry and settled 31 in beirut to 33 there for jerusalem as we go on into cheese day those temperatures still staying up into the thirtys were still of course into iraq into kuwait here in doha temperatures pegged back shall we say to around 35 to crease he by night having said that shows continue across the heart of africa some more big downpours into thats a western side of ethiopia Central African republic pushing across south sudan or the way towards camera and southern parts of nigeria seen some very heavy showers theres a ton of Northern Areas of nigeria recently to see the flooding rains theres heavy downpours pushing a little further south as democratic republic of congo also seeing some lively shows eastern cape of south africa again saying some lively showers come a little further west is generally fine a dry cape town with a top temperature of 70 degrees. 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Welcome back youre watching the news our live from our Global Headquarters here in doha im peter dhabi your top stories as a version and armenia are accusing each other of starting a war over the control of the disputed region of the corner cut about both sides have to martial law there are reports of civilian casualties just 2 days after being sworn in the president has now named an interim new Prime Minister he is the former foreign minister mocked our one and he will take over in the role its hoped the appointment will end ecowas sanctions following the military coup last month. Yemens warring sides have agreed to exchange more than 1000 detainees the u. N. Special envoy to yemen says the new sends a message that peaceful negotiations can succeed. Now u. S. Democrats gearing up today to oppose the potential appointment of the new Supreme Court justice President Trump has officially nominated Amy Cody Barrett and if confirmed that appointment would further consolidate a conservative majority in the court for decades well since mr trumps announcement the u. S. Medias attention has quickly turned to coney barras membership in a tightly knit Catholic Christian group with in the Catholic Church called people of praise it was founded almost 50 years ago in south bend indiana the group describes itself as a community of people that quote supports each other financially. Materially spiritually kone barrett was questioned about her membership during hearings for the Appeals Court post back in 2017 she then told senators her religious beliefs would not affect her decisions in that role but multiple reports are focused on the secretive groups influence over its members some saying people have praise exerts considerable sway over peoples lives and decisions lets speak. In philadelphia hes a professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University massimo welcome to the news hour is this a Church Within a church it has the in this crowd in that way by many it includes some cardinals and some we should. 2 not that particular group but thats family or groups of course is not the group is it parallel churches sometimes so yes that hes a well known phenomenon causes ok it sounds pretty or thorough tarion some of the things some of the strictures the do you have to give 5 percent of your salary to this group in within the church every month to single women can occupy the same property if they have a man coming around not a priest a man coming round to tell them what to do and how to behave and a woman has always got to be a kind of a subsequent to her husband because he is in charge of her emotional religious well being how does that work. All of these groups have different rules and constitution jones the most important fact to remember he said theres always a gap between what their return constitutions all say and what in practice happens in these groups the because they are charismatic groups and genies that contumely that they are led by the holy spirit and marred by the law so that asked literature that scholars have written you sad news and also memoirs accounts of former members but this cry these these just let me pause you there correct me if im wrong you just said these people and here to holy scriptures more than they are here to the law this woman is a breath away from getting one of the biggest jobs in the history of the law in the United States if she subscribes to that level of faith and interpret her faith how can she also interpret the law of the land as opposed to imposing the law of scripture onto the law of the land. Its easy to be different so what he wore and described is more typical of fundamentalist groups these cattle it carries matter groups they are not biblical fundamentalists the major concern usually means what kind of nation ships there are we in the group he eats not if youre logical concern he sociological ethnological what can in what personal Freedom Freedom of conscience these members have that ease as they sit happily kicks syrians that ease it be different from the classical a protestant fundamentalism its more about that line bible to do with the law eat it because its an ok but you say that it sounds pretty fundamental and it sounds like it will be a theological experience for example when it comes to the context of womens rights women have the right to have an abortion row versus wade goes back to the u. S. Supreme court in november so if a macone barrett decides to hand down a judgment on roe versus wade based on biblical or catholic interpretations of scripture as opposed to the law as it stands in shrines in the United States of america thats a massive contradiction. I think that eases your general problem yes thats why i wrote that article last me because i think that we shouldnt in this very day its face value her statements that her faith will not in someones rescissions on the court that was a substantial problem so technically we dont talk about fundamentalism but in digger ollies im so this you of faith and the secular world as one into the problem is that even the states hes involved are allegiance multicultural country and the Supreme Court has become incredibly. Very briefly because with weve we have run out of time really briefly if we extract the concept of religion from these groups that you are talking about and if we extract the concept of the catholic faith from this one particular group whats the difference between people of praise and joining a cult there are a few differences that are known to scholars but to the ordinary lay man or woman in this 3 they may seem very d much alike and that means why these questions is a legitimate and should be raised ok really good to get your thoughts at this controversial time in America Massimo Julie there talking to us from philadelphia. So strongly rejecting limiting the Free Movement of e. U. Citizens in a vote today it was one of the key issues in a referendum on sunday theyve been allowed to live and work there for the past 18 years even though switzerland is not a member of the e. U. But voters have said yes to paid paternity leave. Journalists in hong kong are warning of a new threat to Media Freedom hundreds of them have lost their accreditation after changes in the definition of what constitutes a recognized and a legitimate Media Organization that follows chinas leaders imposing the controversial and widely condemned security law 3 months ago is a dream bra. During the recent protests local as well as foreign journalists have often been in the thick of it some from the profusion of new online Media Outlets often working on paid others included journalism students as well as freelance photographers like mae james here being arrested last october. And now hong kongs police force has announced that the Media Credentials that she and other local journalists hold or no longer be recognised. James insists she has a right to take pictures in public but now faces the prospect of a rest again if she does i just want to be there to take some picture to share with all my social media for thats it and then. I get a take and i get a rest and i get to take i dont know or maybe i just simply just being stuff i feel i miss everything. Hong kong police say they want to weed out what they say are selfproclaimed reporters who assault and obstruct offices so will only now acknowledge journalists who are registered with the government or from what it calls internationally recognized and renowned Media Outlets the police declined our request for an interview. Some of the most widely viewed images include those of a 12 year old schoolgirl being shoved to the ground by police these pictures were not filmed by the Mainstream Media though but by journalism students now say critics the police want to limit any negative coverage young reporter reporters. Are off on the very front lawyer of the pack of all of journalist for often in fact some of the very important for that years have been done by the course very strong public reactions hong kongs media was once regarded as one of the freest in asia in 2002 it was ranked 18 in the annual index compiled by Reporters Without Borders an organization the tracks Media Freedom in 180 countries this year it was placed 80 of them and that was before police raided the offices of hong kongs most popular newspaper and arrested its proprietor it follow chinas imposition of a highly controversial new security law that includes specific provisions to tighten supervision and regulation of both local and International Media in the territory adrian brown aljazeera hong kong. Steven vines is a political commentator and a journalist in hong kong he says the future of many of his colleagues is now unclear. A lot of people myself included are unsure of our situation and i think people like me are even more worried that what there will be is generally imposition of. Socalled register of journalists for covering all sorts of things i mean in other words this is the situation that youre having Mainland China and anybody whos not on that register is not only denied all access to all source Public Events but is is liable to arrest for unlawful activities because theyre in places where they should be when protests or what have you are taking place so im uncertain i think most people. There is this widespread. What people are calling a white terror running through cold calling you know censorship of schoolbooks the forcing of all Civil Servants to sign a loyalty decorations i mean by the day and im really not exaggerate it is but the day new rules and various regulations are imposed so yes i suppose this does fall into a pattern its not surprising that its still alarming you know home quote used to be the place not only where journalists the free to report but when they were free to establish international basis it was considered one of the better places in asia to use a base to report throughout the region thats now been put into question. To sudan day 2 of a 3 Day Conference to figure out a way to solve the economic crisis the devastating floods over the past month or so in the coronavirus pandemic of component of the problems caused by years of u. S. Sanctions has her morgan. Facing rising inflation and a currency thats lost have its value in the past month alone sudans Transitional Government launched talks aimed at resolving the countrys troubled economy. Our economy has been deteriorating for years and its reached its peak now citizens are bearing more than they can which forces us even though were late and doing it to look for Sustainable Solutions at home and abroad at home we need to know the causes of the economic crisis because were still trying to figure out of the problem is structural or administrative it was a shortage of fuel bread and high inflation that triggered protests in 10 to 18 that led to the overthrow of saddams president a few months later and its these very same issues along with the continued drop in the value of the sudanese pound that the Transitional Administration now faces the coronavirus pandemic and widespread floods have weakened the economy even further. In this conference we should look back of the past year and get over it obstacles by using the experience to achieve the 2nd article of our declaration that article states ending the economic deterioration and improving Living Standards of citizens in every aspect that will not be achieved until we take advantage of our resources and making sure the new history of finance is in control of all public funds sudans economy has been in a downward spiral since south sudan gained independence in 2011 taking with its 75 percent of the oil fields which of them provided nearly half the countrys g. D. P. To save money the Current Administration has lifted the fuel subsidies which ate up more than a 3rd of the countrys budget while keeping subsidies on other things like wheat and medicine. Reforming the economy is crucial for the stability of sudans Transitional Government and for its transition to democracy but the challenges in making reforms are not just that home the sudanese governments been on the u. S. List of states sponsoring terrorism can fly 993 which has contributed to economic isolation by many countries that lack of Foreign Trade meant little access to hard currency and made getting off that u. S. List even more urgent after agreeing to massive compensation payments so dan had expected the matter to be resolved very soon but then during his visit to hot zone last month the u. S. Secretary of state at the requirement that sudan normalize ties with israel so dan replied by saying the Current Administration did not have such a mandate and that the 2 issues should remain separate meanwhile the sudanese people continue to suffer the impact of being blacklisted out of that we now have a crisis in transportation in bread in market prices and its all because of the state of the economy we want the u. S. To get us off the list of state sponsored terrorism so we can develop like the rest of the world to him i feel sad that you if i buy a kilo of meat one month i cant do it in the next if i get medical treatment one month i cant get it in the next simply because the prices keep increasing because of the economy. The currency shortages its becoming unbearable for many more than 60 percent of the countrys 42000000 people live below the poverty line the government says the conference is the 1st step in a long journey to revive the economy he will morgan aljazeera. Soros here with the sports news when we come back including this one Le Bron James beats his team to the n. B. A. Finals basketball action when we come back people here. Corruption it is that invisible behind a wall of silence. Against corruption corruption is not something to be told that. This. Country his. Lets destroy this war. In 2020 the free space award encourages the heroes who are fighting against corruption this helps our communities to save the resources that we need in order to address the burning problems that affect us all. Shine a light on your Anti Corruption hero. Nominate now. Through the noise kernel of the character in a very hard way album or words are written down by. The network mark. Monitoring the media listening post on aljazeera. The all. Pours the news takes the sport to start thanks a lot peter well Pep Guardiola is suffering the most humiliating defeats of his managerial career his Manchester City side with thrashed 52 by leicester in the English Premier League now jamie vadi school a hat trick for the foxes who now leave the table so the strike his goals though of penalties with rests and scoring 3 spot kicks overall but its worth knowing that this was the 1st time in 686 matches. Managed team conceded 5 goals a controversial injury time penalty for handball denied tottenham victory against newcastle a v. A. All review led to the spot kick which was converted by Callum Wilson a final score one all meaning spurs have taken just 4 points from 3 games. Over. Here. I dont want to comment i just dont want i cannot ask more from my players we kept them away from the special box and. You couldnt do more than what you did. Now kind of at 19 restrictions have changed the way games are being paid a factor when in kenya pro football is hoping to soon get back on the field eagerly awaiting a government out on tuesday where a coronavirus ban that was put in place 6 months ago on all contacts will be lifted welcome when has more from the capital nairobi. This. Is banned in kenya the government stopped all Contact Sports including football 6 months ago to prevent the spread of 19 but the Kenyan Premier League is hoping for government permission to restart next month. Cause my Football Club has won it 6 times in the last 7 years the players are keen to prove themselves again so despite the ban which you training with him cause it prevention measures if you cant play in the past can come towards you so it doesnt get. Really got to because we had a role in changing from home so it really affected us even financially the club does have the money and not only football has suffered because of the covert restrictions nearly 2000000 kenyans have lost their jobs many from the poorest neighborhoods where football is a popular pastime Community Games like this one have resumed in recent weeks schools is being closed since march theres not much to do especially for young people the coronavirus hasnt really cause the kind of Major Health Crisis in kenya that people feared might happen relatively few people have become ill or died compared to many other countries so the people here fail never mind the rules life and football must go on. The match organizers say helps keep School Age Children away from drug abuse and crime. But the league clubs need to get back in shape ahead of africas Champions League and qualifiers for the africa cup of nations. Here. Playing a friendly match and it seems nobodys stopping them. To passing Police Officers stop to watch the game. And hopefully that. New rules are expected to be announced on tuesday the clubs and fans hoping and expecting the big games will be allowed to kick off again malcolm webb aljazeera nairobi kenya. Or volterra but i saw one formula ones russian grand prix leaving bowl championship leader Lois Hamilton finishing 3rd while stocks took his china softer as misstating teammate hamilton was given a 10 2nd time penalty for rule infringement during his red bulls marques version came 2nd how many from those still leaves the overall title standings. Doesnt understand the work i was there to take the points that i got going for the right seat so right it would probably. Take me i dont really do much to do so but is it. Ok to go through. The final grand slam event of the season is underway in paris 2018 champion smoker howlett has won a 1st round match at the french open she beat sars more in straight sets missed the u. S. Open but her form has been impressive tennis is restart and she arrived at Roland Garros having just one time you know when. And former world number one Victoria Azarenka walks off the court in the middle of a match against an coco when it complaining about the cold play was suspended for 15 minutes before it came back she really 6160. And there was a real heavyweights crash in the mens 1st round sun where in code dumped out fellow 3 time grand slam crowned slam champion andy murray this was a comfortable winner in straight sets and is looking to win the french open for a 2nd time. And for the 1st time in a decade the l. A. Lakers are heading to the n. B. A. Finals to get there they beat the Denver Nuggets rather in game 5 of the western conference finals bron james had a big night with 38 points 16 rebounds and 10 assists hes now in the Championship Finals for the 10th time with the lakers pairing 281172107 victory and kobe bryant lost the team to the n. B. A. Finals in 2010 years also the last time they won the. Kinship they cause will face either the Boston Celtics or the miami heat. And ive been seeing a rossi had a nightmare and what was meant to be a dream weekend now legendary its hard to write a crushed ounce of might so g. P. S. Catalonia grand prix a heartbreaking moment for aussie he was chasing a 200. 00 crimea call us podium but also just signed a new bumper deal for 2021 might say g. P. Re season 5 yo car to auto would go to win the race for a win of the campaign. Well thats all the sports for me ill be back in a few hours. Thanks very much mary ms next ill see it some are from 15. 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